The New Romantic is a 2018 Canadian romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Carly Stone.
The film stars Jessica Barden as Blake Conway, a journalism student whose romance column receives attention when she begins to write about her experiences as a sugar baby. The film also stars Hayley Law, Brett Dier, Avan Jogia, Timm Sharp and Camila Mendes.
The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 11, 2018. It received a limited release in Canada on October 19, 2018, by Elevation Pictures.
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Blake is a student journalist who writes a column about her love life, The Hopeless Romantic, for her school paper. After her latest column her editor, River, cancels her column for being too dull, but offers to re-instate it if she came come up with more interesting material.
On a night out with her roommate and best friend Nikki, Blake mistakenly has her ID swapped with the ID of another student. Blake goes to return the ID and meets Morgan who is with an older man. Morgan urges Blake to stay, revealing that she is a sugar baby and the man she is with will pay Blake to stay. Blake declines.
